Micrographia, or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses : with observations and inquiries thereupon

by: Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703; Allestry, James, -1670, printer; Martyn, John, active 1649-1680, printer; Royal Society (Great Britain), publisher

Publication date: 1665

Topics: Microscopy, Physics, Light, Heat, Natural history

Publisher: London : Printed by Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, Printers to the Royal Society, and are to be sold at their shop at the bell in S. Paul's Church-yeard

Collection: bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Boston Public Library

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Signatures: pi℗ø A℗ø a-g℗ø B-C℗ø D-2Ḱþ L-M℗ø

Engraved title page vignette (arms of the Royal Society); head- and tailpieces; initials

Errata: p. [10] at end

Title in red and black ink

With an initial imprimatur leaf by the Council of the Royal Society of London

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Micrographia, or, Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses by Robert Hooke (1635-1703) contains the discoveries that Hooke made with his newly perfected compound microscope. Micrographia was not only the first book devoted entirely to microscopic observations, but also the first to pair its descriptions with profuse and detailed illustrations

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in modern calfskin double-panelled in blind. The bookplate of the BPL Townshend Fund is present on the front pastedown. Early marginalia is present on numerous leaves, including: O3 (verso), S1 (recto), S1 (verso), 2C3 (recto), 2E1 (verso), 2E3 (recto), and 2F3 (recto). The perforation stamp of the Library is present on the title page and all plates are marked with the ink stamp of the same